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D.C. region heads into 2026 with an economy teetering toward recession | The Washington Post

January 08, 2026
  • D.C. Policy Center

On December 31, 2025, Executive Director Yesim Sayin was quoted in The Washington Post:

“Death by a thousand cuts,” said Yesim Sayin, executive director of the D.C. Policy Center, a local think-tank. The significance of 2025, she said, lies less in any single data point and more in the earthquake it has delivered to the very bedrock of the city’s long-term outlook.

“This isn’t just a blip,” Sayin said. “What this year has done is change the trajectory of the District’s economy.”

Read More: D.C. region heads into 2026 with an economy teetering toward recession
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